Hi Don,

Thanks for explaining the geyser's plumbing. Now if I ever get on Jeopardy and they say, Science For $100, the question is: water is under pressure, the tube is water tight and theres a big plume. The answer is, "what are geysers?"

Now for being irritated. My hair absolutely does not stand on end. My eyes do not turn in opposite circles either. I just lift my head just a bit so my chin is up and I look you in the eye and I say, "you know, you're irritating." Then you laugh and then I laugh and its over. No big deal. Except from time to time we both make funny faces and stick our tongues out at each other. Only other people find it peculiar.

Mark, if you're reading this, while Don's not contemplating writing a book himself, all of my research has been done by him for my two books and I will dedicate the first one to him. I'm trying to get it into print and available by mid December, but that may be a little to hopeful.

While we like to tease, I cannot even begin to tell you how intelligent he is, how savvy he is when knowing how to find anything and better yet, no friend could ever be as good as he is. To bad he's already taken, his wife is an extremely lucky woman to have him for a husband and I am very blessed to enjoy his friendship.

Petra